My friend and I had arrived in Frankfurt, with the intention of picking up a friend from the airport and leaving. We had never heard anything about Frankfurt and didn’t really know what to expect. But we discovered this city was really special.

When we came to the hostel, we were greeted by Elyes (one of the receptionists at the hostel). He was so much fun and really charming.

At the time, the Audi car show was in town. All of the servers from the show were staying at the hostel. Elyes introduced us to some of them. It was a big party. All of the servers had a case of beer and were sharing with anyone who was empty handed.

Everyone was gathered around the table playing poker. We stayed up so late telling stories and making new friends.

From then on the locals took us out every night. We had so much fun, we ended up spending almost one month in Frankfurt!

The university campus in Frankfurt is a great place to check out. The buildings were built in 1928. A lot of people would say the buildings have the “Nazi” style architecture. However, this is not the case. The architectural style is avant-garde.

As soon as I entered the main building, I was amazed. The entrance is covered in marble and other extravagant tiles. two curved staircases were located on either side of the entrance. So chic!

The building also has an old fashioned elevator that is constantly running. To get off the elevator, one must jump while it is still moving!

The campus also has several quality pubs. They are all surrounded by scenic views. It creates a beautiful ambience after a long day at the university. Olivia S.

A friend of mine from the hostel took me out for a walking tour one beautiful afternoon. We went and saw one church and one cathedral, located next to the Main river. St. Bartholomeus’ Cathedral was the first, a gothic building constructed in the 14th and 15th century. St. Katherine’s chruch was the second to see. It was reconstructed after the second world war. It didn’t look super authentic. However, the stain glass windows were beautiful.

After viewing the church and cathedral, we saw one of the areas where the Nazi book burnings took place. It is actually located next to Roemer (the city hall).

Milosz (my friend), explained all of the different wars taking place in Frankfurt. It was great to go out and see an in-depth view of Frankfurt. Frankfurt has a mastodonic war history. It’s a great place to check out if one is a “history buff”.

In the Bundesliga shop, situated in the city centre near Roemerberg, you can buy tooth brushs, bed linen, towels, pens, cups, … and of course football shirts of every German and some international football teams. The colours of Frankfurt’s football team, Eintracht Frankfurt, are of course the predominant ones; if you want to see the team playing in the stadium (which is definitely worth it, tickets start at about 15 Euros), you can buy everything here to pass off as inveterate supporter of Frankfurt’s Eintracht and you can also get the tickets there.

Since football is the Germany’s national sport, you should head to the satium on a Saturday when the team is playing; the atmosphere around the main train station, where the supporters arrive and change for the tram to the stadium, is worth seeing and if Frankfurt is winning, you can join the party afterwards.

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Frankfurt is full of cafés where you can meet chatty locals! The Berger Straße in Bornheim is a street where a lot of cafés are lined up; at Bornheim Mitte for example, the centre of Berger Straße, a square is packed with chairs in summer and if you are lucky, you an empty one to enjoy a coffee there.

But also in the city centre, you find cafés on every corner, a German doesn’t really function without his/her favourite place to get some coffee; and that’s what you will see when you walk through the town!

In Bockenheim, the University part of town, smaller cafés which are not that expensive are located around the Uni; just get out of the Underground at Bockenheimer Warte and stroll along the streets there.

Some of the nice cafés are listed below, but it is definately just a small number, don’t hesitate to add more!

Cafes downtown

1. Metropol
2. Cafe Karin
3. Sachsenhausen
4. Ca f é + Bar Celona
5. Gagos-Kanki Oriental Ca f é -Caf é Lat t é

Near the Hostel

1. Comet Bar and Café
2. Liebighaus
3. Dachcafe